FLORENCE, ITALY – Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will be the guest of honour at the 12th River to River Florence Indian Film Festival in Italy, Zee News reported.
The festival, which will start from December 7, is directed by Selvaggia Velo. It is the only festival in Italy entirely devoted to Indian cinema.
The Indian film actor, 70, will present some of his films including “Deewaar”, “Sholay”, “Black” and a documentary on his life at the festival, said a statement. The event will take place at Cinema Odeon, in Florence, under the Patronage of the Embassy of India and the Italy-India association. A restored version of India’s very first film “Raja Harishchandra” by Dadasaheb Phalke will also be shown at the festival in collaboration with the National Film Archive of India. daily times monitor.
He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the “angry young man” of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades. Bachchan is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema.
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